Minnesota Seasons - eastern redcedar


eastern redcedar				More photos…
Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana

Taxonomy	Family:	Cupressaceae (cypress)

Nativity	Native
Status	Common
Habitat
Height	25′ to 50′

Identification	In poor soil conditions eastern redcedar can be a low shrub, in better conditions a tree up to 30' high and 8" in diameter.

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8.

Record	The champion eastern redcedar in Minnesota is on private property in Winnebago, in Faribault County. In 1999 it was measured at 62′ tall and 95″ in circumference (30″ in diameter).

Sightings	Afton State Park Avon Hills Forest SNA North Unit Beaver Creek Valley State Park Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Blue Devil Valley SNA Blue Mounds State Park Bunker Hills Regional Park Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Carley State Park Carver Park Reserve Cedar Mountain SNA Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Chimney Rock SNA Clear Lake SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Falls Creek SNA Flandrau State Park Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Fort Ridgely State Park Gneiss Outcrops SNA Great River Bluffs State Park Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler Sanctuary Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Holthe Prairie SNA John A. Latsch State Park Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Weaver Dunes Unit Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lebanon Hills Regional Park Long Meadow Lake Lost Valley Prairie SNA			Morton Outcrops SNA Mound Prairie SNA Mound Spring Prairie SNA Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Myre-Big Island State Park Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary Ordway Prairie Oronoco Prairie SNA Ottawa Bluffs Preserve Partch Woods SNA Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Rice Lake Savanna SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA Sakatah Lake State Park Savage Fen SNA Sedan Brook Prairie SNA Sibley State Park Spring Creek Prairie SNA Townsend Woods SNA Twin Lakes SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Whitewater State Park Wild River State Park Wood-Rill SNA Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

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Synonyms	Juniperus virginiana ssp. crebra Juniperus virginiana var. crebra Sabina virginiana

Common Names	cedar apple cedar tree eastern red cedar eastern red-cedar eastern redcedar juniper pencil cedar red cedar red cedar juniper red juniper savin Virginia red cedar